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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition: Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska: An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Author Archives: Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)
WWII Twins Ludwig and Julius Pieper, Who Died by Each Other’s Side, are Finally Buried Side by Side
A high school history project led to their reunion in the Normandy American Cemetery in France 74 years after their deaths
In 2016, when Vanessa Taylor, then a high school sophomore in Ainsworth, Nebraska, took on a history project, she and her teacher Nichole Flynn had no idea they were about to shape history as well. As part of National History Day’s Normandy Institute program, … Continue reading
“Housebreaking” by Dan Pope
Read between the lines of this well-told tale for the insidious effects of complicated grief
“Housebreaking,” has all the makings of a good beach read – and so much more. Since the main characters and their supporting cast span three generations — aging grandfolk, dysfunctional parents, and rebellious teens — there’s bound to be one … Continue reading
“When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.”
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged anxiety relief, calming quote, Inspirational quote, ocean quote, Rainer Maria Rilke, sea quote
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Finland Declares One Friday the 13th Each Year National Accident Day
Unlike the superstition, it's all about prevention -- not prediction
Do you wake up with a queasy feeling in the pit of your stomach every Friday the 13th? Since 1995, the Finnish people have attempted to relieve the anxiety on one of those fear-inspiring days every year by officially proclaiming it National Accident … Continue reading
Vietnam Memorial Traveling Walls Bring Comfort to Local Communities
The mobile "Wall That Heals" can be scheduled to visit your hometown
For those who cannot travel to Washington D.C. to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, a moving replica can come to them. Four Vietnam Memorial Traveling Walls traverse the country. Each displays the names of 58,300 servicemen and women who died … Continue reading
